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Why haven’t workers returned to the labor force after COVID-19?

Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity

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Analyzing the Impact of COVID-19 on Labor Force Participation

This chapter explores the impact of COVID-19 on labor force participation through two approaches: analyzing health-related absences and tracking the effects of long COVID on disabled individuals. It also discusses how fear of COVID contributes to the missing workers in the labor force.

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